Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Karlsson, Martin - In: Journal of Applied Econometrics 29 (2014) 2, pp. 208-230
SUMMARY This article evaluates an expansion of employer‐mandated sick leave from 80% to 100% of forgone gross wages in Germany. We employ and compare parametric difference‐in‐difference (DID), matching DID and mixed approaches. Overall workplace absences increased by at least 10% or 1 day...
